INDIANAPOLIS — Greg Anderson received his one hundredth profession NHRA race, defeating Dallas Glenn within the Professional Inventory finals of the U.S. Nationals on Monday.
Anderson reached 208.07 mph in his 6.587-second successful run. Seven of his victories have come at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
“I do not know if I can clarify how significant that is,” Anderson stated. “It is unbelievable and this (one hundredth) win was meant to occur right here. Indy means the whole lot to me, and I’ve stated that my entire profession. Nothing compares to this place and to get my one hundredth win right here, I could not probably ask for something extra.”
Veteran Ron Capps, the defending world champion in Humorous Automobile, received for the 71st time in his profession and first in 27 appearances at Indy with a run of three.911 seconds at 327.98 mph to defeat factors chief Robert Hight within the ultimate spherical.
“We have come near this, and we have had nice race automobiles, however the automotive at present was simply so constant,” Capps stated. “It is an emotional place to return to and we achieved all of the objectives we had on the desk. Robert is nearly as good because it will get, and he is raised the bar for everyone. This place has such historical past and nice moments, and it is simply been an unbelievable 12 months.”
Antron Brown (High Gasoline) and Matt Smith (Professional Inventory Bike) additionally received at NHRA’s ultimate regular-season occasion, the sixteenth of twenty-two races total.
Brown picked up his second win in three races and the seventieth in his profession with a run of three.706 seconds at 321.66 mph in his dragster to knock off factors chief Brittany Drive within the ultimate spherical.
Smith, the defending world champ, received for the primary time in Indy since 2006 with a run of 6.872 seconds at 195.99 mph on his Suzuki within the ultimate spherical.